Moves to steer clear of tainted persons as Judges, set up commercial courts for early disposal of high value business disputes and reduce time courts take on cases from 15 years to three years were announced. Acknowledging more than 31 million cases ..
The Union Cabinet approved the constitution of 19th Law Commission for a period of three years with effect from 1st September, 2009 to 31st August, 2012. The Law Commission is headed by a Chairman and consists of three full time Members, Member Secre ..
Government may have a fresh look at the method of appointment of judges to higher judiciary and intends to come out with a comprehensive bill to deal with complaints of corruption against judges, Law Minister M Veerappa Moily said. Addressing a press ..
The Supreme Court issued notice to the Union Government on a petition seeking direction to it to fill up the post of the Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC).A bench comprising Justices S H Kapadia and Aftab Alam issued the notice ..
To check corruption in judiciary, the Union government will introduce Judicial Accountability and Standard Bill 2009 in the coming session of Parliament, Union Law Minster M Veerappa Moily has said. Minister Moily, however, defended Indian judiciary ..
In order to dispose of about 7 lakh pending cases in various courts in Punjab, it has been decided to start evening courts in the state. In the first phase, evening courts would start functioning in important cities. This was announced at Muktsar by ..
The Centre ruled out any intervention in the appointments in higher judiciary, saying such matters were handled as per the set Constitutional guidelines. "We do not depend on the perceptions of different people. The issue of the appointments s ..
Charges of land encroachment against Justice P D Dinakaran, Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court, have been endorsed by an investigation ordered by the Supreme Court, dealing a serious blow to the prospect of his elevation to the apex court. Sou ..
The Madras High Court dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) petition at the admission stage, seeking a direction to the Tamil Nadu Assembly to take steps for making its MLAs declare their assets. The petitioner, V Madhav, an engineer and Right ..
Any effort to "dilute" the RTI Act through legislative changes was strongly opposed by Information Commissioners from the Centre and states during a meeting on Wednesday with the Department of Personal and Training -- the nodal organisation ..
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